Steering apparatus for automobiles.



110. 768,527. PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904. H. E. HOENIGK; w. A. MQGULLOUGH.STEERING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILES.

7 APPLICATION FILEDNOV; 3, 1903.

no MODEL.

UNITED STATES.

Patented August 23, 1904.

PAT NT OFFICE.

HARRY EDWARD HoRNIe AND WALTER ALBERT McCULLOUGH, 0F

' ROCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

STEERING APPARATUS, FOR AUTOMOBILES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,527, dated August23, 1904.

Application filed November 3, 1903. Serial No. 179,717. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY EDWARD Hon- NIG and WALTER ALBERT MoOULLoUeH,citizens of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county ofBeaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Steering Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved steering. apparatus forautomobiles; and it consists in the certain details of construction andcombination of'parts, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear elevation of the frontaxle and gear, together with our improved steering apparatus, the samebeing constructed and arranged in accordance with our invention. a planview of the same.

1 denotes the front axle of an automobile or other vehicle, the latterprovided with a frame 2, which is formed with spacedhorizontally-disposed supporting-brackets 3 3, the lower of which areintegral with and receive support from downwardly-extending brackets 3"3", which are suitably boredto receive the bearings 3, through whichpasses the said axle 1 Secured to the ends of the axle are forked-shapedportions of the clevis 4:, which, in, connection with similar. portions5 of the Wheel 8 and an inclosed sphere 6 and bolt 6, constitute auniversal joint. The forkedshaped portions 5 are rigidly secured to thewheel 8, being first passed through bearings 7, received in suitablebored portions in the arms 2, now to be referred to. These arms 2 are ofsubstantial L shape, the upper portions thereof being horizontallydisposed and received by and secured to the bearings 9 which areinterposed between the brackets 3, 3 and secured with respect thereto byvirtue of bolts 9-passing through the brackets 3 3 and through thebearing 9.

Attached to and projecting through the bearings 9 'are arms 1 L, asshown, being formed of a threaded shaft receiving nuts 15 thereon toretain the arm in predetermined position, this arm at its outer endbearing a vertical Fig. 2 is stud 16, extending upwardly at right anglesthereto, and connecting-bar 13, by virtue of which simultaneous movementof the arms lt and the wheels 8 may be accomplished.

Arranged at the middle of the frame 1 and projecting rearward therefromis the bracket 10, in which is journaled a vertical shaft 12,thelowerend of which has secured thereto a crank 11, which in turn isconnected to the connecting-bar '13 by virtue of bolt 17. As shown indotted lines in Fig. 1, the conventional type of steering-wheel is shownattached to this shaft 12, by meansof which same may be revolved toactuate crank 11, connectingbar 13, arms 14, and, through the medium ofthe said arms, wheels '8.

It will be seen by the above construction and arrangement of the partsthat by turning the shaft 12 in either direction the wheels of thevehicle will be moved accordingly, the bearings 7 keeping the wheels inline and the universal joints allowing the same to move in thearc of acircle.

It is obvious that slight modifications and changes may be made in thedetails of construction without departing from the general spirit of theinvention. Therefore we do not wish to confine ourselves to that shownand described.

Having thus described our invention, .what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the type set forth, a frame having downwardly-extendingbrackets at its end extremities, extending below said frame, an axlejournaled in said brackets, horizontally-arranged brackets formedintegral with posed above and below said frame, bearings journaledbetween said horizontal brackets and resting on the lower thereof,L-shaped arms secured to said bearings extending downwardly to alinewith said axle, wheels supported in said; L-shaped arms, auniversaljoint connection between said wheels, and axle, and lyingbetween said downwardly-extending bracket and said L-shaped arms, rodspassed through the bearings and extending 5 said downwardly-extendingbrackets and disoutwardly from the frame, said rods having threadedportions With nuts thereon bearing against opposite sides of thebearings, a connecting-bar secured to said rods, a bracket on the frame,having a shaft therein, With a crank connected to said bar and saidlastna ned frame-bracket.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto signed our names in the presenceof two snhscribing Witnesses.

HARRY EDWARD HOENIG. WALTER ALBERT MCCULLOUGH.

Nitnesses: 7

JOHN GROETZING ER, M. HUNTER.

